10 Horror Movie Trailers That Lied to Everybody
2. Black Christmas
1974's Black Christmas is often considered the prototype for the slasher subgenre. Due to its influence on horror, it's surprising how long it took for Bob Clark's classic to get remade. And when a reimagining of the iconic horror was announced, nobody expected it to measure up to the original.
Sadly, those concerns were spot on, as Glen Morgan's Black Christmas is derivative, plothole-riddled, forgettable, lazy, and scare-free. However, this pointless reboot is best known for its shamelessly inaccurate trailers and TV spots.
Unhappy with how the production turned out, the producers shot several trailer sequences behind the director's back that were never intended to appear in the film itself. Although this practice isn't uncommon, Black Christmas went overboard, adding an actress called Jillian Murray in the trailer... even though she wasn't in the movie!
These inserted shots included Jillian's non-existent character finding a girl under a frozen pond, Dana being sucked into a thresher, Melissa dropping an F-bomb while cocking a shotgun, and the killer crawling on the roof with a hatchet.
Unsurprisingly, Glen Morgan disowned this remake and disparaged the producers for falsely promoting his work without his consent.